Language Arts Bundle for College Prep - Software that covers competencies necessary for college level work

The Language Arts Bundle for College Prep is comprised of the following four curriculum components:
Reading Comprehension, Vocabulary, Grammar, and Writing. Skill Levels 9 - 12.

Contextual help and feedback engage students of all ages.
Students choose from a menu of reward animations and sounds.
All student work is stored in the Teacher Program Manager.
Voice support is available with most of the English programs.

Reading Comprehension - Language Arts Bundle for College Prep
Concepts covered:

Determine main idea of text and select a sentence to introduce or complete it
Understand the relationship between title and main idea
Identify sequence of details from reading passages
Draw inferences from text by using vocabulary or organizational patterns
Draw conclusions by choosing salient information from text
Differentiate between fact and opinion
Recall facts and details

Grammar - Language Arts Bundle for College Prep
Concepts covered:

Recognize common errors in word usage
Identify parts of speech in context sentences
Identify common writing problems
Use pre-writing strategies
Correct faulty sentence structure
Review basic punctuation
Practice proofreading

Vocabulary - Language Arts Bundle for College Prep
Concepts covered:

Develop a variety of strategies to analyze words
Use context and word structure clues
Gain effective word choice skills

Writing - Language Arts Bundle for College Prep
Concepts covered:

Develop an effective organizational pattern for an essay
Use supporting ideas, details, and facts to develop and elaborate topics
Analyze and revise a draft to further develop an essay

Each of the Merit Software Windows 98/Me/NT/2000/2003/XP programs in this package requires 5 to 8 MB RAM. About 150 MB hard disk space is required if all of the programs are installed. All programs also require a minimum screen resolution of 800 by 600 pixels.

The Reading Comprehension section of the Language Arts Bundle for College Prep consists of the following titles:

Developing Critical Thinking Skills for Upper Grades, Sets 3 and 4
Helps students improve reading comprehension.
Accu-Reading, Set 2
Helps students master specific reading skills.

The Vocabulary section of the Language Arts Bundle for College Prep consists of the following titles:

Vocabulary Fitness, Set 2
Builds students' understanding of commonly misused words.
Vocabulary Super Stretch, Sets 1 and 2
Helps students with word recognition, meanings, and origins of challenging words.

The Grammar section of the Language Arts Bundle for College Prep consists of the following titles:

Grammar Fitness For Upper Grades, Sets 3 and 4
Students learn to master troublesome points of grammar.
Write It Right, Set 2
Students learn to correct common problems in writing.

The Writing section of the Language Arts Bundle for College Prep consists entirely of one (1) program - Essay Punch

Essay Punch
Takes students through the steps of writing an essay.

The Language Arts Bundle for College Prep consists of four curriculum components. Among the four components are 7 separate software programs that have been effective in improving students' reading comprehension, vocabulary, grammar and writing skills.

Evaluation versions of all of the programs may be downloaded by clicking the 'Download Demo' link for the corresponding program (each program approximately 10 MB).

Reading Comprehension:

Developing Critical Thinking Skills for Upper Grades: Download Demo | Screenshots | More Info
Accu-Reading, Set 2: Download Demo | Screenshots | More Info

Grammar:

Grammar Fitness For Upper Grades, Sets 3 and 4: Download Demo | Screenshots | More Info
Write It Right, Set 2: Download Demo | Screenshots | More Info

Vocabulary:

Vocabulary Fitness, Set 2 Download Demo | Screenshot | More Info
Vocabulary Super Stretch, Sets 1 and 2: Download Demo | Screenshots | More Info

Writing:

Essay Punch: Download Demo | Screenshots | More Info

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Represents a substantial discount compared to purchasing programs separately.

PROGRAM VERSIONS	PRICE
Home Version	$319.00
1 Station: Stand-alone	$865.00
5 Pack: 1 Station: Stand-alone	$3,079.00
5 Stations: Networkable	$5,285.00
10 Stations: Networkable	$8,985.00
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All versions of Merit programs come with the Teacher Program Manager which allows for student record keeping.